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Khamenei Killed in U.S.-Israeli Strikes as Trump Urges Regime Change and Warns of Massive Retaliation

Iran plans to choose a new supreme leader within days, highlighting unresolved questions about the U.S. endgame.

FILE - Sandinista soldiers walk amid the debris after shooting down a supply plane of the U.S.-backed rebels in Loma El Arenal, Nicaragua, on Jan. 24, 1988. (AP Photo/Mario Tapia, File)
FILE - South Vietnamese rebel troops take up positions in the yard of the presidential palace, residence of President Ngo Dinh Diem, in Saigon, Vietnam, Nov. 1, 1963. Diem and his brother Nhu escaped the coup but were captured in the aftermath of the overthrow. (AP Photo/Horst Faas, File)
FILE - Residents look at the damage caused by a U.S. air strike in the village of Deh Sabz, north of the Afghan capital Kabul on Oct. 10, 2001. (AP Photo/Amir Shah, File)
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Overview

  • Iranian state media confirmed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the coordinated strikes.
  • President Trump appealed to Iranians to pursue regime change and warned Tehran of retaliation with “a force that has never been seen before” if it escalates.
  • Iran fired back toward Israel and U.S. positions in the Gulf, and three American service members were killed and five wounded in Dubai, according to new reporting.
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said a successor to Khamenei will be selected in one or two days, as a White House official cited signals of openness to talks from potential new leaders.
  • Analysts and editorials say Washington has not laid out a postwar plan and caution that outcomes could include an IRGC clampdown or a volatile power struggle.